Instep-support or arch-prop.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

W. VOGLER. INSTEP SUPPORT 0R ARCH PROP.

7 APPLICATION FILED MAYZO. 1905.

UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' WILLIAM VOGLER, or SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS. INSTEP-SUPPORT OR ARCH-PROP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.,

A ums filed Kay 20. 1905. Seria1No-261i476' of which the following description", infleonnec concavo-convex'in sha e both in the .direc tion with the accompanying drawings is -a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object. the production of a novel instepesupport or archprop adapted to be readily inserted in a boot or shoe to contact with the archgo'f the foot to sustain the same, and", further, my novel-Sn -1 port is so made as to ease the stepand me e the same more elastic, the contact of the support with the arch of the foot being atallv times maintained. i i

My novel support and arch-propicornprises a body part and an underlying metal plate attached thereto at or near one end, and

a spring interposed between said body part and plate at its other end, saidfspring being shown as secured tosaid plate. he plate; is,

tion of its width and ength, whereby it is' a ed o fit the arch of the foot.

igure 1 in plan view shows an. instep support or arch-pro embod ing my intention. Fig. 2 is a si e view 0t Fig. 1. Fig. 3

p is a section in the line as, Fi 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 2. ig. 4 is a Section. in the line at, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 3. i

' The body art A, of celluloid, horn, sole leather, meta or other smooth substance, is shaped as common in instep-supports and -props'.that is, the same 1s concavoconvex in the direction of its width, as shownby the two sections 3 and 4, and it is also concave-convex in the direction of its length,

as shown in Fig. 2. To the under side of the body part of whatever material I attach by rivets 4 one end of-a metal 'plate B, the'metal being referably German silver, said plate being s own as concavo-oonvex in cross-section (see Figs. 3 and 4) and fitting the under side of the body part.

Instead of attaching both ends of the metal I plate B to thebody" part A, I interpose between the heelien d A of the body partand the body part and metal plate acts normally to maintain the heel end' of, thebody part above the heel end of the metal plate B in a yielding manner, it normally serving to maintain the-upperside of the body part pressed closely against the under side of the arch of the foot in walking. It sustains said body part in a yielding manner, thus cushioning, as it were, the step of the wearer of the shoe containing the arch-prop, and makes it easier to' walk and renders the step more elastic.

Having described 'my.inve ntion, what I V claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. As an article of manufacture, an instepsupport com rising a body part shaped both longitudinal y and transversely to fit the arch of the foot, a metallic plate connected at 101m end to said body, art, and a curved spring member connecte to the other end of said plate, said spring member having a convexed part between its point of'attachni'ent with the metallic plate and its free endpihich 'convexed part engages the undersideof the body p 2. an article of manufacture, an instep-.

, support com rising a body partshaped both lon itudinall y and transversely to fit the arc of the foot, a metallic plate rigidly secured at one end to the forward end of said body part', a concavo-convex spring member secured atone end to the rear, end of said metallic plate, said spring member extending forwardly from said rear end and engaging the body part at a distance from its rear end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence 0t two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM VOGLER.

Witnesses: I

GEO. W. GREGORY,

MAReanEr A. DUNN. 

